Gender in South Asia and Beyond

Join us to celebrate the launch of the essay collection, Gender in South Asia and Beyond, celebrating the scholarship of Professor Patricia Jeffery, Professor Emerita in Sociology, University of Edinburgh. For over 40 years, Patricia carried out pioneering research, individually and in partnership with her colleagues on a range of subjects including gender and development, especially childbearing, women’s reproductive rights, social demography in South Asia, gender and communal politics, education and the reproduction of inequality; race and ethnicity.

Her books, including Frogs in a Well: Indian Women in Purdah (1979) and Appropriating Gender: Women’s Activism, Politicized Religion and the State in South Asia (edited with Amrita Basu, 1998) inspired peers and future scholars alike. In this volume, we bring together a range of new research that is inspired by and intersects with Professor Jeffery’s work. The chapters offer new data, refreshing insights and original analysis on subjects of contemporary importance in the fields of gender, health, marginalization and development.

This collection of essays is available from Zubaan Books.

Organised by GENDER.ED in partnership with the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, Centre for South Asian Studies, and Sociology.

Guest Speakers

We are thrilled to announce that the following guest speakers will join the book's editors on the discussion panel.

Professor Barbara Harriss-White, Senior Research Fellow, School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies; Professor Emeritus of Development Studies; Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College.

Professor Anuj Kapilashrami, Professor in Global Health Policy and Equity and Director of the Centre for Global Health & Intersectional Equity Research, University of Essex.

Professor Lynn Jamieson, Professor of Sociology of Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh.

About the Editors

Dr Shruti Chaudhry is a Chancellor's Fellow in sociology and co-director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR), University of Edinburgh.

Professor Hugo Gorringe is the Head of Sociology, University of Edinburgh.

Dr Radhika Govinda is the Director of GENDER.ED and Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Edinburgh.

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Book Launch: Gender in South Asia and Beyond